I don't want to sound like a Tory minister here, but there are plenty of Facebook groups, Gumtree, Craigslist etc to buy or swap kids' clothes. Also, wouldn't all of the quads' feet grow out of their shoes at the same time? Couldn't they just appear one at at time, sharing the one pair of shoes? Anyway, the ones in the sale at the shoe shop aren't Cerys's size and Gemma can't afford the £45 needed for the ones that fit so she runs off with them, literally. Bernie makes her take them back to the shop where Gemma drops them and runs out again and all seems solved when Dev offers some of Asha's old toddler shoes to Ches (pretty sure Dev wasn't in touch with Sunita and the twins when they were that age) until Bernie drops Gemma in it with Ches and he finds out about the robbing. He thought he was having a good day, having impressed Joseph's mates with his left over kebab tea (hopefully no tahini sauce for the seed-allergic kid) until one of the kids' dads turns up, who turns out to be the shoe shop owner and who threatens prosecution.
Chesney moans about being a bad dad again, although to be honest not having enough money is not being a bad dad. Putting tremendous pressure on Joseph (as in last week's ep) to be the one to succeed and leave the back streets behind is poor parenting.
Also, the private landlord selling the house is confusing me as I thought it was a council house?
I believed Kev had changed, using his cunning to outwit Stefan but he returns to his usual self and lamps him one when Stefan refuses to pay up for the online reputation firm. Excuse me if I'm misunderstanding the internet but if it was Stefan who uploaded the fake vids then surely he can take them down again? I still think it was Corey from his cell doing the dirty vids - I bet Harvey could've set him up with a prison phone. Anyhoo, I reckon the latest Chit Chat is going to be late, what with all and sundry turning up in his office to talk blackmail and make threats as Abi is the latest to warn him off.
Deedee is sorting through millennial pink suits in order to impress the devil's spawn spawners at lunch, although she chooses yellow in the end. The air is cleared with Anthea and Gus (Ganthea from here on in) and everyone's forgiven until Amy lets slip about the engagement and they go off on one again but later come 'round to apologies and tell Deedee that their darling boy has been distant recently. Give the man a break, Ganthea, he has teenage girls to groom, he can't be at your beck and call!
Meanwhile, Joel is sniffing around Sabrina, who is surely too canny to be taken in by that weird pervert. Also I want to know more about Gav's arrest? Was Noah Olaoye not available to do a scene? It might be that Joel's real target is Sabrina's little pal, who pockets Joel's card when Sabrina's not looking and then tries to blackmail Joel, although he laughs her off.
Steve 'Lame' McDonald is planning his 50th without Cassie but I
wonder if snogs will be in the offing on Weds? This is also the same day
that Tommy "Double D" O's bust is being unveiled at County. This might seem to be Steve's problem, but quickly becomes Tim's as Sally wants him to be her arm candy for the bust-unveiling soiree. Tim tells Steve he can't go, which Steve misinterprets as a surprise bday party in the offing.
And finally, Michael is exhibiting "weird behaviour" according to Glenda (ketchup on baked beans?! I'm with Glenda on this one), although not as much as Glenda who wants Mikey B to go undercover and befriend George and get the skinny on his plans. However, George also wants to use Michael to persuade Glenda to drop the case. Poor Michael is a bit of a piglet in the middle here.
By the way, I'm loving Glenda's pussy-bow.
Rachel Stevenson - on twitter
Ridiculous story with the shoes. As if Dev would still have all the clothes the twins have ever had! And if he did, surely he'd offer the lot to Gemma, for all her kids.
ReplyDeleteNot to mention all the second-hand and clothes-swapping websites you listed.
I think they're doing the cost of living crisis (I heard someone refer to it as "cozzie livs" the other day - seriously) really well with Gemma and Ches, I felt really sorry for them. I think the idea is that they HAVE been clothing their kids with cheap and second-hand clobber, but Gemma felt really guilty that Carys' shoes were hurting her and she missed her school trip, so felt that the very least she deserved was a new pair that fit her properly. She's right, every child does. The line "when did shoes become a luxury?" was really hard hitting. Thank god ITV is doing this storyline - imagine the outcry if it were on the Beeb.
ReplyDeleteWhen Abi made that video for the newspaper the guy doing the filming asked if she wanted anything changed or altered, so I am wondering if he had anything to to with the deep fake videos though I don’t know why if he had no connection to Abi or Corey.
ReplyDeleteDee Dee’s dress definitely looked lime green to me!
ReplyDeleteIt is silly, I agree.
ReplyDeleteThere's online swap sites and also, there's a charity shop nearby. Why couldn't Gemma look in there for kid's clothes and shoes?
They're trying to make out that they're a desperate family but to me, they are over egging the pudding and it isn't as realistic as they make out.
Wouldn't there be a food bank run at the community centre?
What wasn't Gemma offered a shift at The Rovers when Jenny was ill and Daisy was out?
She's the only member of staff with children to support.
Ches#s 'go to private school and get out of the poverty trap' lectures to Joseph smack of politics.
It's supposed to be working class aspiration, but people's lives don't always run as smoothly as that, no matter how good an education you have behind you.
Dev got the twins back when they were 3 years old onwards. The quads are 5 years old, so it does match.
ReplyDeleteI thought Les had owned that house, or was he merely the name on the lease and it was from the council?
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